[David]

I'll take them!!!!
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[Griffin]

Hurrah! Email me your address and I'll get to work on it!! If I can find inspiration (it's not down the back of the sofa, I looked) I may even send a sonnet or two, tho' I cannot match Billy Shakespeare.
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[Rainey]

[Griffin]

Well he is a champagne truffle kind of third twin after all!
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[Andrew le Gourmand]

The US version is different to the English (sorry, British) version.

Is the French version different again?

I guess there are two ways to find out.

[clotilde]

Hello Andrew,
Well, apart from the obvious (the French version is in French), it is also written a bit differently -- you don't talk about French food the same way to a French reader as to a foreign one, and the humor works differently, too.
Clotilde.

[Andrew le Gourmand]

Clotilde,

You've heightened my curiosity, which, one suspects, was not entirely unintentional.

What I really mean is, just as the recipes are different in the US & UK versions, and the UK version was translated into British English, was there a third selection for the French?

I was going to have to buy the book anyway, two years away from Quebec & my French is suffering. I need the practice.

I love the French sense of humour even though I always find that it is not nearly as funny when I try to translate it to English friends, partly the translator and partly the cultural differences: Why, for example is "My tailor is rich" funny?

The same is true amongst English speaking nations, what is funny in Manchester often falls flat in Melbourne, Milwaukee or the Anglos of Montreal.

Thanks,

Andrew

[David]

Will the French edition be made available in Canada Clotilde? My sources as yet don't have any word on it.
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[clotilde]

Andrew - In terms of content, the French version has the same recipes as the British *and* the American versions. In short, it's the one that has the richest content (one recipe was cut from the British version, and another one + cheese course information were cut from the American version). I forgot to note that the layout is completely different, too. A real collector's item.

David - Friends in Quebec tell me the French version is available there, but I'm not sure about the rest of your beautiful country.

[Judy]

Of the 3 publications, the French is by far the most impressive, because of its size and the overall presentation.

They are all beautiful books, but the French edition is the biggest of the 3 - almost like what we in Oz call a Trade-Sized Paperback.
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[Andrew le Gourmand]

Then, the French edition it is for me.

Will it seem strange reading Clotilde in French?

Will my french even be up to it after 2 years away from the francophonie?

I will have to find out.

If anyone can find the French version in Canada, please let me know where; I tried all the usual suspects Renaud-Bray, which was my fave bookshop in Montreal, Amazon.ca, Chapters/Indigo & the French bookshop here in Edmonton all with no success.

My fallback position is Fnac but it would be so much easier to buy it here.

Thank you all for your comments and Clotilde in particular for writing both the Blog & the books in the first place.

This place always feels like the kitchen of a friend's house, warm, welcoming & full of yummy things. Thank you all.

[Andrew le Gourmand]

I spoke too soon, Renaud-Bray came through with a copy of Chocolat et zucchini...

If anything, it's better than advertised.

Now I just need to try and get back into a French vibe, this used to be easy...
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